The Last Pirate Quotes

“step ahead of the falling piano.”
― Tony Dokoupil, The Last Pirate: A Father, His Son, and the Golden Age of Marijuana

“Arthur smiled and sat cross legged on the floor, which isn’t easy in blue jeans too tight to mount a horse.”
― Tony Dokoupil, The Last Pirate: A Father, His Son, and the Golden Age of Marijuana

“They made love and made love again and by dawn she felt needed while he felt cared for.”
― Tony Dokoupil, The Last Pirate: A Father, His Son, and the Golden Age of Marijuana

“They spent their hours moving full bottles of Jack Daniels out of one case and slipping empties into another. It was factory like alcoholism.”
― Tony Dokoupil, The Last Pirate: A Father, His Son, and the Golden Age of Marijuana

“The Old Man and his son were there, along with three other smugglers, and an escort turned girlfriend because that’s how dope dealers roll.”
― Tony Dokoupil, The Last Pirate: A Father, His Son, and the Golden Age of Marijuana

“In a single load he supplied enough marijuana to levitate every college age person in America and send them sideways to the store for snacks.”
― Tony Dokoupil, The Last Pirate: A Father, His Son, and the Golden Age of Marijuana

“This all fits in neatly with the history of American crime. Briefly, it’s the story of two kinds of lawbreakers: criminals, bad men who do bad things; and outlaws, “good” bad men who do “good” bad things. The distinction developed slowly over time and across cultures, but by the twentieth century certain illegal exploits clearly took on a chivalric glow, the honeyed tones of epic.”
― Tony Dokoupil, The Last Pirate: A Father, His Son, and the Golden Age of Marijuana

“August 2, 1977: “Penalties against drug use should not be more damaging to an individual than the use of the drug itself, and where they are, they should be changed. Nowhere is this more clear than in the laws against the possession of marijuana in private for personal use.”
― Tony Dokoupil, The Last Pirate: A Father, His Son, and the Golden Age of Marijuana